Marsten History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Marsten family

The surname Marsten was first found in Leicestershire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Marsten family

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Marsten Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Marston, Marsden, Marson and others.

Early Notables of the Marsten family

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Marsten migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Marsten Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Frances Marsten, aged 19, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 1
Miss Frances Marsten, (b. 1616), aged 19, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Constance" arriving in Virginia in 1635 2
William Marsten, who landed in Virginia in 1637 1

Marsten migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Marsten Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Abraham Marsten U.E., (Masten) who settled in Canada c. 1784 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Marsten (post 1700) +

Hayley Marsten, Australian country music singer-songwriter, from Gladstone in Central Queensland

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's. Retrieved October 5th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X